- Beverly Gray’s Scoop (1954)
celebrating the girl detectives, aviatrixes, and heroines of the twentieth century
Sunday, January 27, 2013
The Difficult and the Impossible
“With an inward smile she recalled a
placard she had seen recently in a store: The
difficult we do right away. The
impossible takes a little longer.”
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
High Praise for Nancy
Is there a brilliant girl detective in your life? Have you just been rescued from terrible
danger or had a troubling mystery resolved in spectacular fashion? Don’t forget to pay your heroine an
appropriate compliment…
- Nancy Drew and the Bungalow Mystery (1960)
“Miss Drew, you’re the most
ingenious girl I’ve ever met! … I wish I could think that fast.”
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Darkness at Assateague
An evocative image from The Haunted Lagoon (1959), an
installment of The Dana Girls Mystery
Stories.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Adventure Calls... and Trixie Answers
“Honey wanted to be the kind of
detective who sat in an office and directed other people… Trixie was just the
opposite. The more involved a situation
seemed to be, the better she liked it.
Adventure – even danger beckoned her and found her willing… Trixie was
scrupulous, though, about doing work that was expected of her.”
- Trixie Belden and the Mysterious
Code (1961)
Sunday, January 13, 2013
"You got types?"
Only you, Myrna Loy.
Nick and Nora Charles… probably the
cutest detective couple in movie history.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
No Romance Tonight!
Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud,
“Romance and detective work won’t mix tonight!”
- Nancy Drew and the Bungalow Mystery, 1960 edition.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Bringing Up Baby
Katharine Hepburn’s character in
“Bringing Up Baby” – described in the trailer as “a flutter-brained vixen with
love in her heart” – may not be her most feminist role. Yet the amazing Ms. Hepburn somehow manages
to make Susan Vance simultaneously mischievous, anarchic, clever, and utterly
endearing. Cary Grant’s snowballing
exasperation with Susan is priceless – especially because, deep down, he loves
every minute of it.
Trailer:
Ending (Spoilers!):
Monday, January 7, 2013
Following Trixie
One night, coming home from the movies, Honey’s brother sees
her shivering and asks whether she is cold – ready to offer her his scarf ...
- Trixie Belden and the Mysterious
Code (1961)
‘Not
cold,’ she answered. ‘Those western
pictures frighten me.’
‘How
you could have followed Trixie into some of the tight spots she led you into, I’ll
never know,’ Mart said.
‘I
didn’t know about them until I was into them.’ Honey sighed. ‘When I did know I’d have been more
frightened to have her go on alone.’
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Jane and her Parachute
“The leap from the plane had been so
sudden Jane had no time to analyze her feelings while she fell…. She tried to
relax as the chute neared the ground… landing in a parachute was anything but a
lark.”
- Jane, Stewardess of the Air Lines (1934)
- Jane, Stewardess of the Air Lines (1934)
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Trixie's Big Idea
When the principal cracks down on clubs at school, Trixie
needs to find a new project to justify the “Bob-Whites of the Glen”…
‘How about something to help UNICEF,
the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund?’ Trixie asked.
Then she added, dramatically, ‘That would cover the whole world!’
‘Say, Trixie, that really sounds
like something,’ Mart said, excitedly.
Just let the school board try to put the heat on us when we’re doing
something for the United Nations!’
- Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Code (1961)
Illustration by Paul Frame |
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Nancy Drew, Detective
Original art, adapted from the cover
art of the Grosset & Dunlap 1959 edition of Nancy Drew Mystery Stories.
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